Washing-machine.



No. 677,629. Patented July 2, [90L 0. S. BRADFORD.

WASHING MACHINE.

(Application filed Fb. 4, 1901.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT Genres.

CHARLES S. BRADFORD, OF WEST UNION, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HARVEYJ. THOMPSON.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 677,629, dated July 2,1901.

Application filed February 4, 1901. Serial No. 46,006. (No model.)

' clothes-pounders.

One object of my invention is to provide a clothes-pounder in which airand water are forced through the clothes as well as being acted upon bythe lower face of the pounder.

Another object of my invention isto provide a simple, cheap, and durablepounder which will accomplish the above result without injuring theclothes.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional viewof my pounder. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of my pounder. Fig. 3 is aperspective view of'ose of the longitudinal U-shaped strips. Fig. 4 is aperspective View of one of the transverse U shaped strips.

Referring now to the drawings, 1 represents the vertical operating-stem,which has its lower end rigidly secured in the socket A, which issecured to the top of the flat upper horizontal board Z of the pounder.The said board has its bottom provided with annular recesses m, whichare adapted to receive the upper reduced ends of the f unnel-shapedmembers 0 and secured therein by any desired means. The outer edges ofthe said board Z is provided at each corner and intermediate thereofwith downwardly-projecting arms n,which have their lower ends connectedin any manner to the rectangular frame P. The said arms and frame arepreferably made of metal and galvanized to prevent rusting and stainingthe clothes. The said funnelshaped members extend within said frame andflush with the lower edge thereof, as

clearly shown in Fig. 2, and the said frame iscomposed of transversestrips U and longitudinally-arranged strips Q, resting between the outeredges of the funnel-shaped members and preferably soldered thereto; butother means might be used, The said strips are U shaped incross-section, and the transverse strips have their lower faces notched,as shown at a, and the longitudinally arranged strips Q have their upperfaces notched, as shown at b, registering with the notches a in thetransverse strips, thus bringing the outer edges of said transverse andlongitudinal strips finshwith each other in one plane. The said stripsare made of galvanized metal, and the outer free edges of said U-shapedstrips are rolled, as shown at q, to form a round smooth surface to comein contact with the clothes and prevent cutting the clothes.

' WVhile I have shown the ponnder operated by hand, yet it is applicableto any machine in which a reciprocating pounder is used withoutdeparting from my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Pat out, is

1. A pounder comprising a stem, a base having recesses in its bottom,funnel-shaped tubes having their small ends within said recesses in saidplate, downwardly-projecting arms carried by said plate, andtransversely and longitudinally arranged bars carried by said arms andsurrounding said funnelshaped tubes and secured thereto, substantiallyas described.

2. A clothes-pounder comprising an operating-stem, a supporting-platecarried by said stem, funnel-shaped members carried by bottom of saidplate, transverse strips secured to said members and having their outerfaces notched and longitudinal strips having their inner faces notchedand registering with the notches in the other members, and soldered tosaid funnel-shaped members, substantially as described.

3. A clothes-pounder comprising a stem, at supporting-plate carried bysaid stem, funnel-shaped members carried by bottom of said plate,transverse inverted-U-shaped strips having rolled outer edges secured tosaid f unnel-shaped members and having their outer faces notched andlongitudinal inverted-U- shaped strips having rolled outer edges andnotched inner faces registering with the notches in the transversestrips and soldered to said funnel-shaped members, substantially asdescribed.

' 4:. A elobhes-pounder comprising a stem, a my hand in the presence oftwo subscribing supporting-plate carried by said stem, funwitnesses.

nel-sha ed members carried b the bottom of said pla se, andinverted-U-shzibed stiips sur- CHARLES BRADB 5 rounding the lower edgesof said funnel- Witnesses:

shaped members, substantially as described. 7 WILL HAVELLS,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set JOHN SHUMAKER.

